Permafrost carbon: Stock and decomposability of a globally significant carbon pool

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Zimov, S A ^a   Davydov, S P ^a   Zimova, G M ^a   Davydova, A I ^a   Schuur, E A G ^b   Dutta, K ^b   Chapin, III ^c  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERMAFROST; SILT; THAWING;

ALASKA; ORGANIC-RICH FROZEN LOESS; SIBERIA;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FROZEN GROUND; LOESS; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; THAWING; WARMING;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 33845620310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027484     Document Type: Article

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